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The new Electric Cessna 172



 
 
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Old January 1st 13, 06:23 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default The new Electric Cessna 172

a wrote:
There was a contest recently where one had to demonstrate more than
200 passenger miles per gallon equivalent, and an engineering team from
Penn State won it with a battery powered airplane.

See

http://live.psu.edu/story/55543

for details.



It is just a big motor glider.



 




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